Careers
Claire Pech – Careers Advisor
UTS
Highlights Reel
This week I have been on a zoom with other career advisors hearing from UTS and the updates that have come out for students for 2022 and 2023 admissions. I have condensed 20 pages of notes into my highlights reel below. These are the main takeaways:
- The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) – this is the only type of degree in Australia. They also have a Diploma of Innovation that is transdisciplinary in nature.
- UTS is the #1 young University in Australia. They are not bound in tradition and old practice. The Alumni pour a lot of time back into the students, not necessarily money but their time and expertise.
- Globally UTS is the #8 Young University in the world.
- Graduate employability is #5 in Australia with 85% of the undergraduates have an internship experience.
- Last year UTS was Emanuel School’s #1 choice for tertiary education.
What does UTS do differently?
UTS is very much into the lifelong learning model as a way of life, setting students up for the rich career of learning that will now be mainstream.
The big question for our students will be about early offers. UTS are about to announce new dates but the main takeaway is that UTS Early Offers will exist again just like 2021, which is great news for the class of 2022 and beyond.
With the popularity of this last year, the ATAR’s have been driven up slightly so students need to be aware of this.
But equity plays a big part and UTS have announced that anyone with an EAS application that is successful will be awarded an extra 10 bonus points. As this seemed an unusual announcement, I have clarified this with the future leaders team and it has been confirmed, that the full 10 points will be awarded.
We also heard from an Alumni panel. The main takeaways here was how practical the courses were at UTS and how prepared UTS got students for the world of work. Internships, exchanges, mentoring, partnerships were just a few things that UTS is famous for. UTS also prepare students well in resume editing, personal branding and a careers focus approach.
My full list of Q&A’s and notes from the day can be found here and also the link for the UTS 2022 Brochure